Repeated complaints don't help. Sometimes we just disagree with peoples' opinions on whether certain users should be nuked. Phork was a pain in the ass, but if a guy doesn't break any of the cardinal rules, it takes more than just a general pain-in-the-ass-ness to get banned.

With that said, Phork is no longer among us. Praise be to monorail cat.

-- Dantonio, responding to a question about his players bashing Michigan on Twitter on Saturday night, said they need to "keep their mouth shut. ... especially the players who aren't playing." He called it "disrespectful" to Michigan's program.

This is the kind of stuff that makes me eat my words every time I say positive things about MSU, praising the B1G. Guess we better take those 'tweets' and post 'Em on the bulletin board. Beat them by 4 scores, please!

Probably not worth a thread so I will put it here. The guy's on ESPN's Big Ten blog put us 3rd in their conference power rankings for this week. Usual ESPN caveats aside, that is somewhat encouraging all things considered.

I still think we end up in the top ten, and I'm the guy who predicted Alabama 45-7 :(

I'm very excited about the season and the program going forward. One loss is not that big a deal especially in early Sept. Hell, remember the nineties when Michigan was always the highest ranked team with one loss?

It makes for a more satisfying season when Michigan climbs the polls anyway. We all know #8 was too high and it showed. Being ranked high for week 1 is often a curse for Michigan (2002 win vs. Washington the lone exception I can think of). Can't wait to see them leap back into the top 12 to 15 after the Notre Dame game.

Speaking of ND, anyone else shocked they didn't somehow make it into the top 15 after winning one game? Those AP voters are losing their marbles! Or maybe it's the coaches' poll...

This incarnation of Michigan might yet prove to be a top ten team, but 19th is a great place for them right now. It will make them the underdog against a few important teams, and keep them from getting complacent. If Hoke wants to pull the "no respect" card before a crucial game, he will be able to.

There's nothing like the proverbial "chip on the shoulder" to help a team along.

This is right around where we should be. We were not a top-10 team to start this year. I think the team is good enough to crack the top 15 at the end of the year, maybe the top 10 again. But its got its work cut out for it.